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Howard_Casto:
It depends upon the usage of the word.  

route 66 is "root 66"

Which route are your going to take? is "rought" (like drought)

Router is taken from the second phrase.  I believe it's latin and is indeed pronounced "roughter".  Only foreign people and canadians pronounce it "rooter",  because a rooter is another tool used to clean the crap out of sewage pipes.  ;)


So to finish up.....

rooter= specialized plumbing snake

router= tool to carve paths, or "routes" in wood

any american who pronounces router as "rooter"= misguided person in need of speech therapy
Tiger-Heli:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on February 02, 2004, 09:18:54 am ---Router is taken from the second phrase.  I believe it's latin and is indeed pronounced "roughter".

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ruffter ???

Sorry, just picking on Howard C.

I've always heard it row(rhymes with cow)-ter.
Minwah:

--- Quote from: Sasquatch! on February 01, 2004, 09:29:09 pm ---The British that I know pronouce it "rooter".  (This is when talking about the networking kind, but I would imagine this probably applies to the woodworking kind too.)

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Yes and no.  The Queen says Rooter for networks, Row-ter for woodwork :)
mr.Curmudgeon:
And if you are ever in the New England area (US) then it's pronounced, "Ra-tah".
(long a's as in "ah!") ;D

So in a sentence it would be, "I pahked my cah right outside the ra-tah stah, now I'm off to the stah mahket for some chowda!"
Brax:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on February 02, 2004, 09:18:54 am ---Only foreign people and canadians pronounce it "rooter",  because a rooter is another tool used to clean the crap out of sewage pipes.  ;)

any american who pronounces router as "rooter"= misguided person in need of speech therapy

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Canadians in general do NOT say "rooter".
I agree with Americans needing speech therapy though. Just ask the average American to say Baton Rouge or Notre Dame.....
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